https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/harvard-professor-notches-17-000-return-on-early-moderna-wager
The Harvard University medical professor’s riches are much bigger now, thanks to his stake in Moderna Inc., the U.S. biotechnology firm attempting to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Shares in the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company surged 152% this year through Wednesday, boosting Springer’s net worth to more than $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.